Aircraft

Epic Aircraft in Bend, Oregon, has flown the second and final production conforming prototype E1000, putting the company on short final for FAA certification of the all-composite single-engine turboprop, which is now anticipated to enter the market by this year’s third quarter. Epic Aircraft CEO Doug King said performance of the Pratt & Whitney Canada […]

Bombardier has successfully flown FTV5, the final Global 7000 prototype test aircraft. FTV5, nicknamed by Bombardier “The Masterpiece,” will validate tests completed earlier in the program, ensuring what is hoped to be a smooth entry-into-service for the Global 7000 later this year. To date, Global 7000 flight testing has logged more than 1,300 flight test […]

Schweizer RSG, a newly formed company affiliated with Rotorcraft Services Group in Fort Worth, Texas, plans to restart production of the Schweizer 300 by the end of the year after purchasing the product line from Sikorsky. Sikorsky’s exit from the light helicopter market brings some clarity after years of ambiguity surrounding the S-300’s fate following […]

Critics thought flying a solar-powered aircraft around the world was impossible, but Nova’s PBS documentary premiering January 31 chronicles the successful adventure from beginning to end. The Solar Impulse II began its around-the-world flight on March 9, 2015, following 13 years of work by aerospace engineers, meteorologists and flight controllers who designed, built and flew […]

In anticipation of certification, the Gulfstream G500 is taking off on a five-month tour to get introduced to potential customers around the world. The ultra-long-range, high-speed luxury jet, the final of five test airplanes, recently took off from Dallas Love Field and will make stops in major cities such as Chicago, Melbourne, Beijing, Moscow and […]

Even as sales of new airplanes stumble under the weight of a glut of pre-owned models, good news abounds. Cirrus Aircraft, for one, continues to defy market trends by selling out production of its piston models year in and year out while focusing much of its attention this year on deliveries of its newest product, the […]

You may remember a light two-seat airplane named the Liberty XL-2. The airplane was the first piston-powered airplane to be certified with a fadec-equipped engine, the 125-hp Continental IOF-240-B, which boasts a fuel burn of only 4.5 gph. The carbon-fiber two-seat design was bought by Discovery Aviation, which continues to build the airplane in Melbourne, […]

Italian light airplane maker Tecnam is making quick progress on what is the largest airplane it has produced to date — the P2012 Traveller. The second prototype of the 11-seat piston twin (CHECK), which is the first fully conforming test platform, recently took its first flight. The first test airplane has accumulated more than 250 […]

Vulcanair made a promise at AirVenture 2017 that the company’s new Vulcanair V1.0 would receive its FAA type certificate before the end of the year. With just a few days remaining in the year, CEO Remo De Feo and CEO of U.S. distributor Ameravia Chris Benaiges said that promise has been kept. The company said […]

As we do at the end of each year, the editors of Flying have compiled a list of the most important, compelling and industry-shaping news stories to emerge in the preceding 12 months. As always, the year was jam-packed with major news stories, from the political battles that gripped Washington to new airplane introductions and […]